The first episode to make me cry. A school teacher (Al Fann) has temporarily taken his deceased wife's spot in congress, and is key to budget vote involving census sampling. Toby manipulates the situation, but in an honest way. Leo tells Jed his wife has left him. The President gets Josh to take Charlie out for a beer, which turns into an outing with Zoe, CJ, Mallory, and Sam. Zoe is harassed, and Charlie defends her. Later, Jed makes her cry when she resists being given more secret service protection. He talks about the horrific prospect of her being kidnapped (foreshadowing one of the greatest story arcs of the series). Plus a great poker scene in which Bartlet challenges the room to name the fourteen types of punctuation. And we have a Butterfield in the building! The debut of Michael O'Neill as Secret Service agent Ron Butterfield, who would play in sixteen splendid episodes over seven seasons.
3 Reviews
There were no two guys that either one of you could have taken.
robrosenberger20 October 2012
Warning: Spoilers
So Touching/So Frightening
Hitchcoc3 January 2021
There is a lot here, including a bar scene where the President's daughter gets accosted by a group of racist students and has to be rescued. Before that we see a vote on the census and reapportionment. The hero is a man named Willis who is filling his late wife's seat in Congress. It is a touching scene as he butts heads with his colleagues.
THE WEST WING: SEASON 1, EPISODE 6: Mr. Willis of Ohio
dalydj-918-25517517 July 2023
Warning: Spoilers
THE WEST WING: SEASON 1, EPISODE 6: Mr. Willis of Ohio
Directed by: Christopher Misiano
Written by: Aaron Sorkin
We were introduced to a young Elisabeth Moss as presidents daughter Zoey in the previous episode and just an episode later she gets a whole subplot featuring her. I must say it was a pleasure seeing the past of Elisabeth Moss and how delightful she was from this young age.
The scene in which Sheen as her father talks through the fears he has of his daughter in danger is a major emotional moment and provides a personal note to the President that we've not gotten yet but will as more of his blood family are revealed.
We also get a great plot line involving a stand in house representative played by Al Fann. Everything involving his revelation on the laws of America was brilliantly explored in simple discussion scenes between the White House team and the some house representatives.
This was an episode that sets up more plots that we'd not really gotten to see before but it's an important step in show how expansive the show can be with its many cast members.
We were introduced to a young Elisabeth Moss as presidents daughter Zoey in the previous episode and just an episode later she gets a whole subplot featuring her. I must say it was a pleasure seeing the past of Elisabeth Moss and how delightful she was from this young age.
The scene in which Sheen as her father talks through the fears he has of his daughter in danger is a major emotional moment and provides a personal note to the President that we've not gotten yet but will as more of his blood family are revealed.
We also get a great plot line involving a stand in house representative played by Al Fann. Everything involving his revelation on the laws of America was brilliantly explored in simple discussion scenes between the White House team and the some house representatives.
This was an episode that sets up more plots that we'd not really gotten to see before but it's an important step in show how expansive the show can be with its many cast members.
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